Awayo Surname
Approximately 1,453 people bear this surname
Awayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,343 | 1:29,069 | 3,999 |
| Belize | 50 | 1:7,109 | 1,087 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Awayo (66) may also be a first name.
Awayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awayo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awayo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 268,560th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,015,517 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Awayo live; 92 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 66 people.
The surname Awayo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,343 people, or 1 in 29,069. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kaberamaido District, where 38 percent reside, Soroti District, where 30 percent reside and Serere District, where 9 percent reside. Other than Uganda it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Belize, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Awayo
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